diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d035a1b..ce5ff5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ This plugin could be considered the 'alter ego' of maven apt plugin http://mojo.
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-      <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
-      <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <!-- SONATYPE REPO -->
       <snapshot.repo.id>sonatype-repo</snapshot.repo.id>
@@ -238,6 +236,33 @@ This plugin could be considered the 'alter ego' of maven apt plugin http://mojo.
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+
+        <!-- exact JDK 1.8 -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>JDK8</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+            </properties>
+
+        </profile>
+
+        <!-- Equal and Greater Than of JDK 1.9 -->
+        <profile>
+            <id>JDK9.and.beyond</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[1.9,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+
     </profiles>
 
+
 </project>
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AbstractAnnotationProcessorMojo.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AbstractAnnotationProcessorMojo.java
index 1b99d56..2409f06 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AbstractAnnotationProcessorMojo.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AbstractAnnotationProcessorMojo.java
@@ -499,7 +499,72 @@ private Toolchain getToolchain(final Map<String, String> jdkToolchain)
         return tc;
     }
 
-     
+    private  List<String>  prepareOptions( JavaCompiler compiler ) {
+
+        final List<String> options = new ArrayList<>(10);
+
+        final String compileClassPath = buildCompileClasspath();
+
+        final String processor = buildProcessor();
+
+        options.add("-cp");
+        options.add(compileClassPath);
+
+        if( compiler.isSupportedOption("--module-path") == 1 ) {
+            options.add("--module-path");
+            options.add(buildModulePath());
+        }
+
+        buildCompileSourcepath( sourcepath -> {
+            options.add("-sourcepath");
+            options.add(sourcepath);
+        });
+
+        options.add("-proc:only");
+
+        addCompilerArguments(options);
+
+        if (processor != null) {
+            options.add("-processor");
+            options.add(processor);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            getLog().warn("No processors specified. Using default discovery mechanism.");
+        }
+        options.add("-d");
+        options.add(getOutputClassDirectory().getPath());
+
+        options.add("-s");
+        options.add(outputDirectory.getPath());
+
+        ofNullable(releaseVersion).ifPresent( release -> {
+            options.add("--release");
+            options.add( releaseVersion );
+        });
+
+        ofNullable(project.getProperties()).ifPresent( properties -> {
+
+            ofNullable(properties.getProperty( "maven.compiler.source" )).ifPresent( source -> {
+                options.add("-source");
+                options.add(source);
+            });
+            ofNullable(properties.getProperty( "maven.compiler.target" )) .ifPresent( target -> {
+                options.add("-target");
+                options.add(target);
+            });
+        });
+
+        if( getLog().isDebugEnabled() ) {
+            for (String option : options) {
+                getLog().debug(String.format("javac option: %s", option));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return options;
+
+    }
+
     private void executeWithExceptionsHandled() throws Exception
     {
         if (outputDirectory == null)
@@ -559,64 +624,6 @@ private void executeWithExceptionsHandled() throws Exception
             files.addAll( FileUtils.getFiles(sourceDir, includesString, excludesString) );
         }
 
-        final String compileClassPath = buildCompileClasspath();
-
-        final String processor = buildProcessor();
-
-        final List<String> options = new ArrayList<>(10);
-
-        options.add("-cp");
-        options.add(compileClassPath);
-
-        options.add("--module-path");
-        options.add( buildModulePath() );
-
-        buildCompileSourcepath( sourcepath -> {
-                options.add("-sourcepath");
-                options.add(sourcepath);
-        });
-        
-        options.add("-proc:only");
-
-        addCompilerArguments(options);
-
-        if (processor != null) {
-            options.add("-processor");
-            options.add(processor);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            getLog().warn("No processors specified. Using default discovery mechanism.");
-        }
-        options.add("-d");
-        options.add(getOutputClassDirectory().getPath());
-
-        options.add("-s");
-        options.add(outputDirectory.getPath());
-
-        ofNullable(releaseVersion).ifPresent( release -> {
-            options.add("--release");
-            options.add( releaseVersion );
-        });
-
-        ofNullable(project.getProperties()).ifPresent( properties -> {
-
-            ofNullable(properties.getProperty( "maven.compiler.source" )).ifPresent( source -> {
-                options.add("-source");
-                options.add(source);
-            });
-            ofNullable(properties.getProperty( "maven.compiler.target" )) .ifPresent( target -> {
-                options.add("-target");
-                options.add(target);
-            });
-        });
-
-        if( getLog().isDebugEnabled() ) {
-            for (String option : options) {
-                getLog().debug(String.format("javac option: %s", option));
-            }
-        }
-
         final DiagnosticListener<JavaFileObject> dl = diagnostic -> {
 
             if (!outputDiagnostics) {
@@ -704,8 +711,7 @@ private void executeWithExceptionsHandled() throws Exception
         
         //compileLock.lock();
         try {
-            
-            
+
             final JavaCompiler compiler = (fork) ?
                     AnnotationProcessorCompiler.createOutProcess(   
                                                     tc,                                                                 
@@ -719,7 +725,8 @@ private void executeWithExceptionsHandled() throws Exception
                 getLog().error("JVM is not suitable for processing annotation! ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler() is null.");
                 return;
             }
-            
+
+
             Charset charset = null; ;
  
             if( encoding != null ) {
@@ -755,7 +762,9 @@ private void executeWithExceptionsHandled() throws Exception
                 getLog().warn( "no source file(s) detected! Processor task will be skipped");
                 return;
             }
-    
+
+            final List<String> options = prepareOptions( compiler );
+
             final CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask(
                     new PrintWriter(System.out),
                     fileManager,
diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AnnotationProcessorCompiler.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AnnotationProcessorCompiler.java
index 6d52b2f..89d69c1 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AnnotationProcessorCompiler.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/AnnotationProcessorCompiler.java
@@ -414,12 +414,14 @@ public void setLocale(Locale locale) {
                 throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
             }
 
-            @Override
+            // from JDK9
+            //@Override
             public void addModules(Iterable<String> moduleNames) {
                 throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.
             }
-            
-            @Override
+
+            // from JDK9
+            //@Override
             public Boolean call() {
                 try {
                     return execute(options, compilationUnits, out);
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 80ebf84..7a98819 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
     <artifactId>maven-processor-plugin-test</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>MAVEN PROCESSOR PLUGIN TEST</name>
-    <version>4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <description></description>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
-        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    </properties>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.bsc.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-processor-plugin-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>4.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 
   <dependencies>
 
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/test/TESTWikiProcessor.java b/test/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/test/TESTWikiProcessor.java
index feb4fe0..c7fc2fd 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/test/TESTWikiProcessor.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/bsc/maven/plugin/processor/test/TESTWikiProcessor.java
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
  * 
  * 
  */
-@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_9)
+//@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_9)
+@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_8)
 @SupportedAnnotationTypes( "*" )
 //@SupportedOptions( {"subfolder", "filepath", "templateUri"})
 //@SupportedAnnotationTypes( {"javax.ws.rs.GET", "javax.ws.rs.PUT", "javax.ws.rs.POST", "javax.ws.rs.DELETE"})